kvassn.
/kvɑːs/, /kvas/, U.S. /kəˈvɑs/, /kfɑs/, /kvɑs/ A fermented beverage in general use in Russia, commonly made from an infusion of rye-flour or bread with malt; rye beer.
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a1556 R. Chancellor in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1598) I. 242 Their drinke is like our peny Ale, and is called Quass.
1608 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece iv. i, in Wks. (1874) V. 216 The Russe drinkes quasses.
1609 Pimlyco sig. C4v The base quasse by peasants drunk.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. ii. 9 Beer, quash, and bad wine.
1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 672 The drink..was quas or sour small beer.
1823 Mechanic's Mag. No. 4. 58 The common drink of the Russians is kuass, which is not so good as our small beer.
1863 L. Atkinson Recoll. Tartar Steppes 232 They have bread in unlimited quantity, quass,..farinaceous food.
1894 C. Garnett tr. I. Turgenev House Gentlefolk 121 ‘Fetch the kvas’, repeats the same woman's voice.
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